Man from the south is a very creative and original short story, it is written
Roald Dahl. This amazing short story is about a man who was in an hotel and he knew a guy. The man was very gentle so they started talking, they were talking so long and so placid that they have an idea, they make a bet. They bet that the guy can light 10 times his american lighter in a row. If he win he will receive a car but if he loss the man will cut his pinky finger off. The bet was ready the guy lights his lighter successfully but before he got to 10 times in a row The mans wife appeared and cancelled the bet. She said that that he was in mental state and that he has loss 11 cars and win 47 fingers, and that the car he was beating was of her own.
"It was a fine garden with lawns and beds of azaleas and tall coconut palms, the wind was blowing strongly through the tops of palm trees making the leaves hiss and crackle as thought they were on fire". You can use your senses and imagine a good environment for the story, You can feel and live the story. With the descriptions you can understand better and imagine better the story.
"We are only having a little bet" This mental state character has lost a lot of things almost everything by betting his Cars by fingers. This character put the emotion and the mystery in the story. Roald like to put his violent touch in the story and he does it perfectly with this characters. The caught the readers attention and yow want to keep reading to know what is going to happen or what is he going to do now. I really like this story it shows you characteristics of people at betting. It shows you and teaches you that you don't need to trust anyone at without knowing them and you need to be careful with what you bet. If you bet you can lost all you have with no rights or excuses. Bets can help you or they can destroy your life. You need to be careful with your actions, betting and trust.
